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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 372 (C. 35)

Pensions

The Pensions (No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 10 and Supplementary Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

28th September 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(2)(a) and 118(1) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 10 and Supplementary Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

Commencement of provisions

2.  The following provisions of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 shall come into operation on 1st October 2012—

(a)section 69 (stakeholder pension schemes), and

(b)in Schedule 10 (repeals) in Part 1 the repeals relating to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(2), and section 116 in so far as it relates to those repeals.

Supplementary provisions

3.—(1) Where an employer is making deductions from a person’s remuneration in accordance with a request under Article 5(5) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes), paragraph (2) of this Article applies.

(2) Where the person withdraws a request to the employer to make deductions in accordance with Article 5(5) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, that employer must notify the person that—

(a)the employer is no longer required to make deductions from the person’s remuneration and pay contributions to the trustees or managers of the stakeholder pension scheme, and

(b)the person may still be able to make payments directly to the stakeholder pension scheme, subject to the rules of that scheme or the terms and conditions of any contract governing that scheme.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 28th September 2012

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation section 69 of, and consequential repeals in Part 1 of Schedule 10 to, the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the Act”) on 1st October 2012, the date on which the employer duties in sections 2 to 9 of the Act first apply to employers.

Article 5 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 relates to the duty of employers to designate a stakeholder pension scheme for relevant employees. Article 5, as amended by section 69 of the Act, requires employers to continue to deduct contributions from the remuneration of those relevant employees who are contributing to a stakeholder pension scheme before the coming into operation of section 69, and to pass those contributions to the scheme.

The Order also makes supplementary provisions requiring an employer to provide certain information to an employee who makes a request to cease such deductions.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.R. No.
Section 130th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 2 and 3(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 5 to 10(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 13(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 14(partially)8th June 20122012/236 (C.21)
Sections 15 to 18(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 1930th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 20 to 22(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 24(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 26(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 28(partially)8th June 20122012/236 (C.21)
Sections 29 and 30(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 3130th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 32 and 33(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 34 to 3630th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 37 and 38(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 3930th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 40 and 41(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 4230th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 43(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 44 to 4830th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 49(partially)3rd January 20122011/441 (C.33)
(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 50 and 5130th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 52(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 5330th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 54(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 55 and 5630th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 57(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 58(partially)30th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 6030th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 61 and 6226th January 20092009/22 (C.1)
Section 6316th March 20112011/108 (C.7)
Section 6430th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Sections 70 to 7630th June 20122012/266 (C.25)
Section 78(partially)5th July 20102010/50 (C.2)
Section 796th April 20092009/22 (C.1)
Section 80(partially)6th April 20092009/22 (C.1)
(partially)6th April 20092009/147 (C.9)
Section 83(partially)3rd January 20122011/441 (C.33)
Section 856th April 20122012/119 (C.12)
Sections 86 to 986th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
Section 99(partially)16th March 20112011/108 (C.7)
(partially)6th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
Section 100(partially)1st April 20092009/147 (C.9)
Section 1016th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
Section 103(partially)29th June 20092009/249 (C.16)
Section 104(partially)26th February 20102010/50 (C.2)
Section 1056th April 20092009/22 (C.1)
Sections 106 and 10726th January 20092009/22 (C.1)
Section 116(partially)6th April 20092009/22 (C.1)
(partially)6th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
(partially)6th April 20122012/119 (C.12)
Schedule 1(partially)6th April 20092009/22 (C.1)
(partially)6th April 20092009/147 (C.9)
Schedule 3(partially)3rd January 20122011/441 (C.33)
Schedule 4(partially)6th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
Schedule 56th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
Schedule 6(partially)1st April 20092009/147 (C.9)
Schedule 8(partially)29th June 20092009/249 (C.16)
Schedule 9(partially)26th February 20102010/50 (C.2)
Schedule 10(partially)6th April 20092009/22 (C.1)
(partially)6th April 20112011/108 (C.7)
(partially)6th April 20122012/119 (C.12)
(2)

S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11); Article 5(5) is amended by section 69(6) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

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